June 2011
SQL CAT White Paper http://sqlcat.com/whitepapers/archive/2011/01/26/
SQL CAT white paper now available on how to use Power Pivot to empower business users to integrate and analyze SAP and non-SAP data to ease and accelerate analytics. The paper reviews six scenarios where PowerPivot is used to analyze SAP ERP or SAP BW data:
– Importing data into PowerPivot via an Excel PivotTable connected to SAP BW
– Importing data into PowerPivot via SQL Server Reporting Services connected to SAP BW
– Importing data into PowerPivot from a text file generated using SAP BW Open Hub Service
– Importing data into PowerPivot from a SQL Server Analysis Services cube connected to SAP BW created using ERP-Link iNet.BI
– Importing data into PowerPivot using Xtract PPV connected to SAP BW
– Importing data into PowerPivot using Simplement Data Liberator connected to SAP ERP